On Wednesday, I was doing Rondo intensive. In my attempt to polish the piece, I worked very hard on it for about 30mins at 130 beats/min. To make my point, my fingers were oscillating (moving down then up) 8times/sec. Imagine playing this for (30 x 60) seconds. So you can imagine my bow arm moving at 8Hz, for 30mins. At the end of it, I didn't know why, but the part of my thumb in contact with the bow ached weirdly. That's when I discovered I got myself a blister. It was difficult to bow properly and even my writing was affected.

Then, on Thursday, I was doing violin practice again, but less Rondo intensive since my thumb was slightly injured. At the end of practice, I discovered that a fingernail on my left hand got sliced. As a violinist, my fingernails aren't that long, so the cut went deep enough to expose a nerve. Please forgive my description if it doesn't make sense. It's the type of pain you get when you press the tip of your finger and it hurts. For about half a minute, I just stared at the finger and pondered on the troublesome consequences.

From these 2 musical tragedies that occurred one after the other, I was reminded about how important fingers are to musicians. Despite the unfortunate injuries, I did violin practice today. It was a painful process, and up till now, I still don't know what kept me going. Just imagine how I did vibrato. It was quite bad. My vibratos on my middle finger all sounded constipated and pressing 2 strings using that finger was torturing.

Today was an unusually long Friday because of the Physics CT. So far, SS was the worst. I'm not too worried about AM next Monday. I think I went a bit crazy while doing Math this morning. Vivienne caught me talking to myself, or rather, the question. Also, I need to stop saying "I can see that..." whenever I meet an oral picture.

Rondo-Mozart-jam tomorrow! I hope Ms Tan doesn't faint when she hears Rondo expressivo. I'll collect my ultrasound scan report tomorrow morning. I'll get to see my organs, black and white style!